Fairly happy with the group for us. Couldn't really have hoped for better, perhaps aside from USA. Fairly confident we should be able to progress but we really need to win the group to avoid Germany. There are some really tough groups and on paper at least we probably got the best deal of the top seeds along with Spain. Can't see New Zealand managing a point in their group.

Looking at our group, you'd have to say each team would be pretty delighted with it. Especially in the case of USA. They could have had a Brazil, Portugal, Ivory Coast group but instead have got on paper probably the weakest teams from each pot (with the exception of South Africa, but you never really want to play the host nation) so it's pretty much the best case scenario for them. Same with Algeria and Slovenia really.

The reaction here is that the Kiwis are pretty happy with their draw. I'll be amazed if they get a point but the guys from my football team at least reckon they have a chance to go through. Will be interesting.